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Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-07-27
HOME AFFAIRS.
HOW THE CHICAGO BOODLERS
DID THEIR WORK.
California Pear Sale - The Color
Line-A Machine Democrat
Baseball-FloOds.
ESPECIAL DISPATCHES To THE RzOoKD-vsloS.l
WHY NOT AT HOME?
An American Firm to Engage Largely
in Irrigation in Australia.

lCoPyTigt, 1857, by e California fssocidted PreSs
WAsHINGToN, July 26th.-[special. Consul
Grimm, OF sydney, New South Wales, informs
the State Department that the South Australian
Government has recently perfected arrange
ments with Messrs Chaffey Bros who have had
considerable experience with irrigation in Cali
fornla, by which the firm may acquire 10000
acres OF land in that colony The firm is to
nave 3O,OU0 acres at once upon the condition
That 1t VIII, during the first five years. spend the
sum OF Sl75,OO0, during the second five years
SiOo,VO, during the third five years 1915 000 and
s., 100000.
On expending So per acre ON the land, inclu-
slve OF the first $1,000 acres, the irrigationsts
may acquire in fee simple $1,000 acres This
Will leave 2O,C0O acres. When Messrs. Chaffey
shall have expended 50 per acre upon this area
they may purchase 1t for another IS per acre. so
tbat altogether il will cost them IS coo OODto gain
the fee simple of the whole block of 80 900
acres. II is further agreed that all machinery
and pipes shall be manufactured in the colony;
unless the government should determine 10 send
abroad for them.
The Government of Victoria has also con.
cluded an agreement with the same firm by
which Chaffey Bros. are to have $1,000 acres in
what is known as the Malley country of lower
Murray frontage. east from the junction of the
Darling, and with the right of purchasing 200 =
900 acres hereafter The fee simple of the land
was valued by the SlIryeyOr-Cieueral at GO cents
TO 81 q per acre but the highest rental ever Of
fered for it was cents for every fourteen acres.
MesSrS. Chatfey undertook in this agreement to
expend the sum of 81, 100000 within twenty
years upon 1000 acres in constructing irrigation
works and tor building an Agricultural College
The land when cleared for settlement. is to be
cut up in small blocks of not more than eighty
five acres, If planted and prepared for fruit
growing, and not more than 100 acres if for
other products, each to be farmed separately
and no person to be allowed 10 purchase more
than one block. AS soon rs 100 families are set
tied there the college is to be opened, in which
chemistry, horticulture and the principles of
agriculture, etc, are TO be taught
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TELEGRAPH!C BREVITIEs.

Many of the Irish magistrates are TO be r.
placed. ~
The cholera is growing worse in Sicily and
southern Italy.
Dr. f. D. Standiford, prominent Keptucky
politician, is dead
Simon Cameron has arrived in London after
hurried tour through England.
Constables are -esgning in Ireland rather
than enforce the coercion law.
Lord Charles Beresfoid, Junior Lord OF the
British Admiralty, has resigned.
The. Canadian authorities have seized the
American schooner Annie Hodgson.
Salmon canning is some better in Astoria
'he canneries being well supplied with material.
Senator Hawley and Murat Halstead are in
London. They both think that Blaine will be
re1ominated.
Two more newspapers-THe Ereain0 Ttlegr1r
ana ihe DdHy Neles-Taade their appearance at
Los Angeles on Monday.
Congressman Patrick Collins who is in Lon.
don, said he was offered the place of Secretary
OF War In Clevelands Cabinet
Pierce II WOrswick, inSsrance agents of San
Dlego' nave been fined so by the Insurance
Union foT taking risk below the rates.
Fred Poindexter, a Portland burglar. on Sun.
@ay night woke servant girl in house he was
operating IN, and she secure: his arrest.
man named William montgomery stole
tweoty-dollar bill at Albaguerque SUNDAY
night 1t proved to be counterfeit and when
ne asSempted 10 pass it he was arrested
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SOMETHING AT STAKE.
Facts Concerning Americ,R' Interests In
tha Samoan Islands.


tCorsrig4 1857, Js the California .tsociated Iressl
NEW YORK, July, 26th-[speeiaL 1.-The Posts
the object of the visit of Sir John GhirstOn the
Governor Oh the Fiji Islands is tCsconFer with
the State Department on some Affairs in the
Samoan Islands in which all the civilized coun
tries nave common interest. So the State De-
partment officials were misinformed. 1t will be
remembered that Greenebaum, of San Fran
cisco. who was appointed Consul TO Samoa early
in this Administration, caused such oomplica-
ton by his acts, that the Department was
compelled To Ssavow them. The result was
not only his recall but the appointment of a
special Commissioner, Bates, Of Delaware who
visited the Samoan Islands 10 ascertain the ex-
act condition OF affairs. AT the same time that
Bates was appointed Commissioner. by an un-
derstanding between the Governments of Great
Britain aud Germany. Commissioners were q lso
sent by those governments to Samoa, who were
to consult with Bates as to the situation Thurs
ton, having been long in Polynesia, and under
standing the British there was sent as Commits
sioner on the part of the British Government
from Fiji, some 800 miles distant. 1t is by virtue
OF ms pOSItloE as special Commissioner to Sa-
moa andnOt because he is Governor of the Fiji
Islands, that he has special knowledge with re-
spect to the Samoan affair. He is now on his
way to England to confer with the Foreign 0fice
and TO make his report
One subject in which the United States Great
Britain and Germany have a common interest is
the title to lands The land area of the Samoan
group contains over 100000 acres. Nearly all
this is susceptible of cultivation in some form.
Large tracts have been sold by the natives to
foreigners at very low figures in some instances
for not more than dollar an acre. The cOnsid-
Grafton has often been ammunition and articles
OF barter, but title TO the lands, owing to the
communistic system in which families fire.
quently live are not clear. The United States
if it desires to retain the advantages which it
now has in samoa, will be obliged soon to re-
new the treaty with the Government. The pres
ent treaty Will expire on JUlv 3. 1883.
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IRISH NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Opening of the State -Resolu.
tiOns AdoDted

SAN Francisco, July 26th.-LSpecial. THE
State Convention of the Irish National League
of America convened this afternoon. DR.. NJ. c..
O'Toole, state delegate to the National League
Convention, called the Convention TO order.
John Lynch, OF Oakland, was chosen Chairman
and jeremiah Deasy was chosen Secretary.
The reports of Branches of the League were
the following as the result of its labors which
were unanimously approved and adopted:
WAEREAs, The despotic Tory Government OF
England has passed a coercion law to harass
and oppress the people of Ireland and drive
them from their homes therefore,
Resotred, That this Convention pledges its
honor to assist by all means in its power sue
cessful resistance by the Irish people of the ne
farious enactments of the present English Par
lament
Resoluei, That the gallant efforts of the pat
riotic leaders of the Irish people to bring their
countrymen out of bondage to the happy condi-
ment of their own, entitle them to the heartfelt
gratitude of the Irish race and of every liberal
minded man throughout the world.
ReSOired, That the American people, by their
action in the National Congress and by reSolu-
tions passed by Legislatures of many States, as
also by the individual actions of private cti-
zenS, merits the heartfelt gratitude of the Irish
race in the Old and New World for the sympa-
thy and assistance extended to Ireland.
Res0iged, That the noble action of the people
OF Scotland and Wales and large proportion
of the people of England, under the leadership
of the great Gladstone, to do justice to the
deserve the gratitude and admiration of the
friends of freedom throughout the world.
mass meeting was held this evening at Met
rOpOlitQQ Hall.
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through the roof He then let himself
down to the ground on the ontSide by means OF
u rope made of his blankets, sheets, pants.
drawers and shirts, landing on the ground out
alarm was sounded, and the day force turned
out in time to see him running across the road,
as before stated, naked. Captain Howard an
expert shot, sew him in the woods at o'clock
four miles away, and fired two shots at him
and hit him. He tracked him by the blood
marks quite distance, but lost him in the bluffs
and hills. We traced him through Missouri,
Kansas and Nebraska, and the last heard of
him was in central Colorado, in the spring OF
1884. until the Warden at Folsom wrote us of his
attempt TO escape there. We identified him by
MS photograph. He never let up in trying to
escape. He is the most persistent worker
ever knew. His burgarles in this State con-
sisted in second-story and pole work. When
the Judge sentenced him he told him, IN not
When his term is up in your State we want him,
and viii 90 after him.
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LIKE ALL THE OTHERS,
The Henry George Party. and Its Com
iiicting Factions,

ICopyrigi, 1857, by TIE CdiJorsia Associ4led Press
NEW YORK, July 2Gth.-[special. THE State
Convention of the United Labor party viii meet
at Syracuse on August 18th. Most of the Assem-
bly, Districts of this city have already chosen
delegates Each Assembly District where the
party is regularly organized. will send three
delegates, and where no organization has been
effected the Land and Labor clubs will send
one delegate for each district. 1t is expected
that there viii be present about 900 delegates
and that the Convention will nominate a full
State ticket In this city there have been many
sharp contests III the election of delegates be-
tween the followers of the George land doctrine
and the socialists. The latter fully assent to
the platform already adopted which favors the
transfer of all taxation to land values. the pub
lie ownership of railways and telegraph lines
and the direct issue of currency by the Govern
ment without the intervention of banks. They
insist, however, that this programme win not
obtain the object sought, and that public own
ership means loss of production-that is, ma
chinery is essential to any solution of the labor
difficulty. The Socialists are almost exclusively
Germans, or south European emigrauts Pre-
cisely what proportion of the George voters in
the last municipal campaign favor the views of
the Socialists it is impossible to say. but they
unquestionably control the party organization
in several Assembly Districts. The Socialistic
Labor party has been in existence several years
Its members joined the United Labor party last
fall, but kept their old organization alive.
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MoCOMB's ASsALANT.
Schmidt Wanted in Illinois-His Former
jail Exploits.

SAN FRANCISCO. July 26th.-lSpecial. when
convict William Schmidt made the attempt a
few weeks ago TO escape from the Folsom prison.
a letter was sent from the Chief of Police OF this
city to the Warden of the penitentiary at Ches-
ter III, inquiring whether anything was known
of Smith there. Chief Crowley to-day received
letter from W. C. Dowen Warden OF the Ches-
ter prison. showing that Schmidt had been con-
fined there under under another name, and had
twice escaped. The following extract from the
letter will be found interesting:
His photograph (which l herewith return)
is that of one William Walter, sentenced from
Madison county for burglary and larceny for
five years, November %, 1881. He escaped from
this prison shortly after arriving by cutting
three gratings in the main water closet "a by
l5 inchesl, and crawled distance of 30 feet
through it to the main sewer. which leads to
the Mississippi river, where, after chase of
over 200 miles in the Ozark mountains. he was
reeaptured in six days. His second escape was
effected one morning about 4 o'clock by
cutting his cell door lcarbonized from of
at the hinges, cutting the brass of the
door, TO the yentilstor in the top of the
eell-house, sixty-fve feet high. and
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DOWNRIGHT HOGS.
How the Chicago Boodlers Went for
Everything m Sight.

CHICAGO, July 26th.-In the Doodle trial to-
day +. W. Bidper, meat contractor, gave his
tory of his dealings with the County Board in
siOners had to be paid increased each season,
running from 800 to S2,io0 each per contract.
Many features of his testimony were very dam
aging. Elisha A. Robinson, wholesale grocer,
gave complete list of the enormous sums he
had paid in bribes. For years until 1885 he
regularly gave 10 per cent. on all sales Then
county became unable to cash any more war
rants. The State has still in reserve over a
hundred witnesses wheseIevelaticns are expect
ed to be fully as startling as any made yet.
There were no developments of Importance
in the MeGariCle case to day. Sheriff Matson
has offered reward of 81 500 for his apprehen-
sion. special from St. Ignace, Mich. says Ia
tug was chartered this afternoon by three de-
tectives TO pursue a boat on which it was sup
po sed the fugitive was escaping.
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PARIS, July 26th.-The Government has de-
cided to complete the great works on the Seine
at Havre. 1t is proposed to spend l25,000 900
francs on the work.
The new Panama Canal loan was issued to
day. 1t is reported not to have been a success,
and it caused the Bourse to close heavy. The
shares, though artifcially sustained, fell ten
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PLAIN TALK.
A Democratic Organ Talks Right Out in
Meeting.

lCopyrig. 1851 By dc California associated Pres
NEW YORK, July 26th.-lSpecal THE H'oT}d
editorially says: " Inssmueh as the WoTid is an
independent newspaper, it can afford to express
has said, and it says again. that the platform
adopted by the Democracy of Ohio Is excellent
as far as it goes. The nominee for Governor Is
q maehine politician and spokesman. Nobody
as the style Of man who should be put forward
in close state to represent civil service re-
form Administration Men mean a great deal,
and are frequently of more consequence than
platforins."
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&n Incident of the Naval Review Creates
a Sensation In Esndon.

h0SDoN, July 26th.-Lord Charles Be!asford
Jr. Lord of the Admiralty has resigned He
hsd been requested to withdraw his resignation.
The csfHse Tor mis- designations was a minor
breach OF etiquette at Spithead dZring the naval
review last Saturday, when the private signal
made by Lord Charles from the reSal yacht was
converted into public signal. I is described
as follows:
White the Queen was receiving the Captains,
OF the fleet in the saloon of the royal Yacht Al
bert and Victoria, the Lord signalle34 to the En-
chantresS, aboard of which his wife was the
following message: Tell Lady Charles to go
Immediately aboard the yacht Lancashire
Witch, where Will join her" The Captain of
the Enchantress, when the signal was given,
thought of course it was special royal COM
mand, bat as the message was slowly spelled
out he became greatly enraged He had, how
ever, to smother his feelings, not daring to re-
port Lord CHARLES in view of his position as
Lord of the Admiralty. The Captain could not
refrain, however, from complaining privately
to his friends, and i'll this way a reporter of the
Times learned OF the incident. The result was
the publications Of the whole story in Monday
Times. Lord Charles then had no option but to
resign. The incident is believed to be unpar-
alelled. Diseiplinarians declare that Lord
Charles conduct was virtually gross insult to
the Queen. The permanent officers of the Ad-
miralty Office, it is said, are delighted over the
position in which 'refomer" Beresford is
nlaced nv the affair
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A ST. LOUIS SENSATION.
Divorce Granted the Wife of Promi-
nent Millionaire

ST. LOUIS, July 26th.-A sensation was created
in society circles to-day by the institution OF
divorce proceedings by Mrs. S. II. O'Day against
her husband, John ODay. to whom she was
married twenty-three years ago. After the hear
ing of testimony the Court granted the decree
and awarded the plaintiff almOny in the sum
of $40 000 cash, the homestead property and the
rights and privileges of single person, with the
custody of her youngest son. 0'Dav is the First
Vice-President of the ST. Louis and San Fran
cisco Railway Company, Chairman of the Demo
cratic State Committee and Il millionaire.
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HE TALKED TOO MUCH.
A Federal Official Dismissed for Abusing
the President.

WASHINGTON, July 26th.-Some weeks ago
General Black Commissioner of Pensions, with
approval of the Secretary of the Interior, or
dered the dismissal of c. +. Behle Special Pen
sion Examiner at Washington, upon the infor-
nation that Behle at meeting of the German
Literary Society on July I'd, used grossly in
Suting language toward the President of the
United States. subsequently the Secretary Or
dered his suspension until Behle could be heard
in his own behalf Behle appeared at the In
terror Department and was given a personal
nearing by the secretary: he uld not deny the
OF several prominent people of Cincinnati, but
said he had no recollection of using the IAN
guage attributed to him. At the conclusion of
the Interview the Secretary revoked his order
of suspension, thus dismissing Behle from the
service
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Trotting and Pacing at Cleveland.

CLEVELAND, July 26th.-This was the first day
of the Grand Circuit meeting The weather
was fine, the attendance good, and the track ex-
oellent.
The 2:29 trotting race for a purse of 81, 900,
divided, Misty Manning won. Globe second
Charles Leader third, the others ruled out.
Best time, 2:21%.
The 2:2i pacing race for a purse of 81 600, di-
yided, Joe 5. won, DR.. West second, Ed Annon
third, Ilderim fourth. Best time. 2I7.
The 2:2l no ting class for purse of 81 900, di
vided, Charlie Hogan won, Judge Davis second
the others distanced. Best time 2lSiI.
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NATURAL EROSION.
Progress of the Dtsintegration of the
Knights of Labor.

Ccpyrlgat 1851 by the Cal ifor7aia associated Press
NEW YORK, July 26th.-[Special.E 1.-The Times
gives the following facts concerning the decline
of the Knights of Labor Before the great
strike of the shoemakers, which began in Janu-
airy, District Assembly No. 80 of Massachusetts,
was one of the most powerful in the Order. At
the recent quarterly Convention in Fall River it
was shown thst the number of members had
decreased from 5000 to q, 900, and it was ar
ranged that District No. 30 and District No. n
should unite. The Assemblies in other parts of
the country have suffered in like manner In
Chicago, District Assembly No 81, which, prior
to the stockyards strike claimed to have y. 900
members, has fallen away so rapidly that il is
said 10 contain not more than 1000 in good
standing. Several of its Local Assemblies have
given up the ghost. The other District Assem-
bly, in Chicago, No. A, has also lost thousands
of members. One OF its locals has fallen in
membership from 200 to $50. another from l 100
TO $50. and another from 900 to 90 These are
some of the indications of the blight but many
others could be pointed out. In some cases the
knights losses have been gains for the Fedora
tion of Labor. In others, those who have aban-
doned the Order have become connected with
no other"
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EXPLOIT OF A FARsIE 3.
An OreSonian and His Boys Waging
War Against n Railroad.


ECopy'igh, 1887, By Tie California associated Press
PORTLAND (Or.), July 26th.-The regular train
on the Portland and Willamette Valley Railroad
was detained near Middleton, Washington
county, by man and two boys with shotguns
The assailants were Charles Sandstone, of this
city, and his two sons. Sandstone owns q piece o.
land ear Middleton, through which the railroad
runs. He claims that he was never paid for the
right of way, and declared several times
recently that no train should be
permitted to run through his land.
This ternoon, the train was coming
to Portland, the engineer discovered rail miss
ing and Immediately stopped. On dismountiDg
the conductor, engineer and Mail Agent were
greeted with the muZZles of double -barreled
shotguns in the hands of Sandstone and his
sons, After considerable parleying Sandstone
was induced to replace the rail and allow the
train to proceed He however, declared that
no train should run tomorrow and
as soon as the train to-day passed down he
again tore up the track. The opinion prevails
that he is Insane on the subject. 1t is likely
that to-morrows train from Portland will be
accompanied by enough United States Deputy
MarShals to disarm Sands one and his sons
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YUBA AND SUFFER-.
Work of the Local Immigration Associa-
tiOn-Funeral of w. III. Parks.

ICopyTlgt, Ioo7, 6y bie CALIFORNIA aSsociated Ircss
MARYsvILLE July 26th.-The funeral of ex-
Speaker Parks this afternoon was largely attend
ed, and business was generally suspended be-
The Immigration Association of Yuba and
Sutter counties is about to issue an elaborate
pamphlet for the benefit OF home seekers. Nearly
5000 have been raised here by subscription to
help the immigration movement. Land in the
foothills of Yuba sells for mere song, SO or SIS
an acre. and plenty of water for irrigation can
be had at small cost Probably no better oppor-
tunities exist in the state for Immigrants OF
out making iuvidiOuS comparisons with South
ern California, it Is sufficient to say that Yuba
can show a daily, monthly and annual mean
temperature that neither Italy, Spain, France
nor Portugal can surpass for the production OF
citrus fruits. Yuba prefers to challenge Europe
rather than Los Angeles.
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The Thistle and volunteer.

New YORK, July 26th.-ESpeciall-Th Post
speculating on the coming race between the
yachts Thistle and Volunteer, seems to think
The result win depend ON which yacht is found
to sail the best in light wind. 1t says that
light winds are likely TO be met with during the
time set for this years race, and prints the
record Of the Signal Service on this point. The
highesr wind shown by these records between
the sd of September and the 18th of October
since 1871. was is 40 miles an hour.
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A Cnld-Rlnndeh NIurdar-

NASHVILLE, July 26th.-This morning J. T.
Lane, prominent attorney and respected citi-
zen, was sitting outside his Office door, when n.
3. Lester came along with double-barreled
shotgun and e1ptied both barrels into his left
side. Lester bad some time ago married a
widow whose money, received from her first
husband, was secured to her children. and Lane
was appointed administrator
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AL iha vaca. clnh. after an insnas4ion

At the yaca. club, after an inspection of
the models Visiting BnglishmaD (doing
the polite as well as he knows how in re-
sponse 70. lavish hospitality -" You Yam
KEGS Az not hawf bad fellaws> don't cheer
know. But what tAe dayvil do you build
saach lackaws crait for. hey American
, host {very tinhi)-" Ta eat Thistles. 9f
,,asse - EJ,sAqstge,